If you're trying to build a gaming setup on a budget, or just want to upgrade to a good gaming monitor that isn't going to hurt your wallet, the Samsung Odyssey G3 is going to be it. This monitor has been around for a little while in Samsung's monitor lineup, but the 2024 version is going to offer some of the best bang for your buck, thanks to its improved specifications over previous models.

Canon’s budget-friendly VR lens will be available in November with an estimated retail price of $449.99. | Image: Canon Canon has officially announced its new RF-S7.8mm F4 STM Dual lens, which features stereoscopic elements that have been squeezed into a body no larger than a traditional 2D camera lens. It was originally teased during the Apple WWDC 2024 keynote last June and is designed to work with a Canon EOS R7 as a more affordable tool for creators making 3D VR content for headsets like the Meta Quest 3 or spatial videos for the Apple Vision Pro.The company hasn’t set a specific date for when the new 3D lens will be available, but it says it will be sometime in November 2024, with an “estimated retail price” of $449.99. That’s considerably cheaper than Canon’s existing dual-fisheye lenses designed to capture 3D video content, including the $1,999 R... Continue reading…

Miniot’s Klapklok wall clock uses paper-like flaps to flip pixels to show the time. The sound and motion is soothing to experience. | Image: Miniot If you’ve ever experienced the sight and sound of a split-flap display then you’ll immediately understand the nostalgic appeal of Miniot’s pixelated wall clock. Klapklok uses mechanical flaps to convey information, just like the departure boards commonly found in transportation terminals before the arrival of LEDs.As its name suggests, Klapklok primarily functions as a low resolution clock, showing the hour and minute hands using 69 (nice) “paper-like” flaps that act like black and white pixels. But Klapklok also features a Bluetooth app to create pixel drawings if that’s your thing. GIF: Miniot A closer look at the lightweight flaps. As a clock, a selection of the flaps are redrawn every 2.5 minutes with a... Continue reading…

The Profile Wireless microphones can be clipped or magnetically attached to clothing. | Image: Sennheiser Sennheiser has announced a new portable wireless microphone kit designed to be an affordable and flexible all-in-one solution for content creators and videographers. The Profile Wireless system features a wireless receiver that can be connected to various devices, a pair of compact clip-on transmitters with built-in microphones that can also be used as handheld or tabletop mics, and a mobile charger.The Sennheiser Profile Wireless kit isn’t expected to start shipping until late 2024 or early 2025, but it’s available for preorder starting today for $299. That’s cheaper than both the popular $349 DJI Mic 2 kit, which includes similar hardware, and the Shure MoveMic system, which is $499 when bundled with a wireless receiver. Rode’s... Continue reading…

Over time, our computers pile up more and more files and apps that, if left unchecked, can seriously undermine the experience. That applies to the Windows 11 context menu, too, as more and more apps register items that appear on it. These items are registered as shell extensions, and adding more of them means that the menu takes that much longer to load all of its content. If you have a lot of apps that create context menu entries, it gets to the point where the menu is slow to open, or it might even cause crashes and other problems.

Building a network-attached storage (NAS) enclosure is a great way to learn how everything works, including hardware. Regardless of which operating system you choose to run your server with, there are some steps to take once everything is up and running. From setting static IP addresses to installing Docker containers, here are some helpful pointers on things to do once you've set up a NAS.

At XDA, whether we're testing the latest Lenovo laptops, gaming monitors or diving into the nitty-gritty of smartphone screens, we strive to include colorimetric data that shows the actual measurements for the color gamut of that display for the color profiles or color space targets that the device supports. Much like the synthetic benchmarks that we use for CPU and GPU performance, the gamut graph is a good point of reference between different devices, but what is it exactly? Where does the graph come from, why does it look like that, and is that the only way to represent color reproduction? Let's dive into some often misunderstood, but fairly simple, color science.

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K is a powerful processor with 24 cores and support for DDR5-6400 memory, though you can push higher with the right system setup. You must install rapid system memory to get the most from this Arrow Lake CPU. Thankfully, with the power of XMP, you can purchase most DDR5 RAM kits available today and have an excellent experience with this processor. Like AMD chips, the faster your modules and the lower the latency, the better the overall system will perform. The sweet spot seems to be in the 7000s to 8000MT/s for Intel Core Ultra CPUs and the 285K will be no exception.

If you want to upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 while dodging the system requirements, the de facto suggestion is to use Rufus. While Microsoft has been patching out the different ways people have been using its tools to skirt around the restrictions, Rufus uses methods that Microsoft hasn't patched out, if it even could. While this sounds like a perfectly fine solution, it's kind of risky to put all of that pressure on a single developer - what if they decide to take a break from doing upkeep on Rufus?

There are a lot of tasks you'll come across during everyday use of the Ubuntu operating system, and the many other great Linux distributions. One of the most common is mounting drives, either internal or external ones like a solid-state drive or a portable USB drive. Mounting a drive makes it more accessible for read/write operations to Ubuntu in the root file system, which is the deeper part of your operating system. It will give it a directory on Ubuntu, and what's known as a mount point.

Only 1,000 units of the Phone (2a) and Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition will be produced. | Image: Nothing Nothing has announced a new version of its Phone 2A Plus featuring a customized glow-in-the-dark design and packaging created in part by some of the company’s “most talented followers.” The Phone 2A Plus Community Edition is the result of a contest held by the company encouraging its community to “build a smartphone of their own imagination.” The Phone 2A Plus Community Edition is Nothing’s first “major pilot to co-create hardware,” the company says, and resulted in over 900 entries from its community customizing everything from its look to how it will be marketed. The phone will be available to purchase starting on November 12th through Nothing’s website for $399 but is being limited to just 1,000 units. Image: Nothing... Continue reading…

Being able to experiment with any operating system is one of the best perks of a home lab setup. Or rather almost every OS, as you may encounter issues when trying to set up ARM-based distros on your x86 system. But if youre using Proxmox, you can modify a couple of settings to get ARM64 virtual machines running on the virtualization platform.